Spring heel



Nov. 4 1924.

' A. HAJDczK'v ET Al. 1514'154 SPRING HEEL Filed Feb. v 1924 i@ gm@ Patented Nov. 4, 1924.

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13e it knew-b thet'ne einen HAJDQZKY end Eine Sub-wel, .eitbens of @zeeliedevebie .Teddies et Lene' leleed City, in tbe county oft' Queens and fytate of ,New orig, have 'invented certain new and uSC/ul 111.1'y proveniente in Spring Heels, ,ot which the following a specification.

This invention rela-,tes to. .Certain new and useful improvements in spring heels wherein a lnetelle Spring housed wthln a hellen shoe heel construction absorbs the shock inedent te Walking t0 provide en efeent erlebiened beel- With the above and other objects in view that will become apparent as nature oit the bventeeie bet-ter uhdereteed, bbeeame Geliebte et' the nevel terni, .eembeeteb en@ arrangement of parts hereinafter' more fully described, shown in the accompanyingy draw.- ing and claimed,

In the drawing, wherein like reference ebereeiere .deee'bete @erreeileedine parte threue'heet the. 'Sei/'eral viene;

Figure 1 is a side elevational view 'of a SP1-lie' heel .CQIlStfLiCeCl in aeeordence with the present invention, the heely embodying teleeeene Sebbene @bei ,ere eeveretl by sheet leather as illustrated,

Figure, l2 is vertical longitudinal sectional View of the shoe heel showing the metallic spring between the upper and lower sections and the mounting for the lower end oi' the spring,

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line III-III of Fig. 2,'

Figure i is a top plan view of the supporting member for the lower end of the spring,

Figure 5 is a side elevational view of the spring supporting member,

Figure 6 is a top plan View of the block in which the supporting member for the lower end of the spring is mounted, and

Figure 7 is a side elevational View of the block.

Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawing, there is illustrated a spring heel secured to a shoe upper 1 and embodying upper and lower telescoping sections having a metallic spring interposed therebetween. The upper section ot' the spring heel embodies av curved plate 2 flatly engaging the adjacent portion of the shoe upper 1 and carrying a central depending protuberance 3 i'orming a pocket i at the upper side thereof as shown in Fig. 2 The e, leze. eer-ie; N9.. 591,185.,

plate 2, is secured as at 5 t0 tlieshoe upper and vcarries depending walls 6 of the genf.

eral ebnfguretien 'of 'the outline et a feline heel that extend downwardly the desired distance. i

The lever. Seeten et tbe `ebbe heel enla bodies e disk 7 having plurality et Closely positioned openings 8 adjfllcent the periphelel edge tbereefntb'an upstanding lcv.- lindrieal' will 9 ebeeebl ttbm the beriiiheral edge. An inverted cupfsliaped yportion 1,0.,

iS Peeiteaed'eebtlelly 'et the Well 9 ebd ie located adjacent rthe lower end ot said wall and cemented. theretb by the angle pbrbien 11. AL wooden supporting block 12 of the forni illustrated Figli' 5s and` .further shown in detail in F '6 and acentl'el @berline le tbreeeb which the' veil' e( ing e@ een une eegeifef' ne leere Covering lbfebd S.y retened by tbe, suites 17 passing through ythe rubber heell, the leather covering 15, desired openings 8 in the disk 7 and entering the block 12.

A coil spring 18 is interposed between the upper and lower sections of the heel, the lower end oi" the spring surrounding the cup 10 and the block 19 supported on vthe upper end of the cup, the upper end `oi the spring 18 being received in an annular groove 2O provided in the lower face of the protuberance 3. To `limit the expansive :torce of the spring 18 and also to limit the separating movement of the heel section, there is provided a screw rod 21 passed through the opening 22 in the cup 10 and openings in the block 19 rand protuberance 3, the headed end 23 of the screw bolt engaging the disk washer 2li while a nut 25 is threaded onto the upper end of the screw bolt within the pocket 4 of the protuberance.

From the above detail description of the invention, it is believed that the construction and operation thereof will at once be apparent, and while there is herein shown and described the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed. lVha-t is claimed as-new is 1. In a spring heel, upper and lower telescoping heel sections, a flexible leather covering therefor, a coil spring interposed be tween the heel section, means associated with the heel sections for limiting the separating movement thereof and the eXpansive force of the spring, the lower section embodying a disk having a cylindrical wall surrounding an inverted cup-shaped member, acushion tread carried by the lower section, means for clamping the lower edge of the flexible heel covering between the disk and tread, the lower end of the spring being disposed between the cylindrical wall and. cup-shaped member, said movement limiting means including a screw rod' having one end engaging the cup-shaped member, a protuberance depending from the upper heel section to which the upper end of the screw rodis attached, and a guide block supported on the cup-shaped member through which the rod extends.

2. In a spring heel, an upper section comprising a curved plate adapted to be secured to a shoe upper and having a protuberance depending therefrom, depending integral walls` carried by the edges lof said curved plate; a lower section comprising a disk having a cylindrical wall surrounding' an inverted cup-shaped member, a tubular block mounted upon the inverted cupshaped member, a screw rod passing through the bore ofthe tubular block for engaging the protuberance at one end and the inverted cup-shaped member at the other end to limit the separating movements of the upper and lower sections, resilient means for forcing said sections apart, a block resting upon the disk portion of the lower section and telescopically received within the depending walls carried by they upper section, and a cushion tread secured to the lower section by means passing through said disk for being embedded in the last mentioned block.

3. In a spring heel, an upper section comprising a curved plate adapted to be secured to a shoe upper and having a protuberance depending therefrom, and depending integral walls carried by the edges of said curved plate; a lower section comprising an apertured disk having a cylindrical wall surrounding an inverted cup-shaped 'member, ay tubular block mounted upon the inverted cup-shaped member, a screw rod passing through the bore of the tubular block for engaging the protuberance at one end and the inverted cup-shaped member at the other end to limit the separating movement of the upper and lower sections, a coiled spring for forcing said sections apart by engaging the protuberance at its upper end and the disk of the lower section at its lower end, said coil spring encircling the tubular block and inverted cup-shaped member and positioned within the cylindrical wall, at its lower end, a block resting upon the apertured portion of the disk of the lower section, a flexible leather Vcovering` connected to said sections, and a ycushion tread secured tothe lower section by means passing through the apertures of said disk for being embedded into the last mentioned block.

In testimony whereof we vaiiX our signatures.

ANTAL HAJDUCZKY. EMIL SAKACSI. 

